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In response to "I dont understand. Who or what controls when trading is halted on a stock?? Does that just automatically happen when a certain # is hit? -- nm" by Jovian

It’s an automatic trigger based on price movement. -- (edited)

The trigger level depends on the individual stock, additionally there are market-wide circuit breakers that trip at -7%, -13% and -20% drops in the S&P 500

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